Jane Lim specializes in British literature of the long eighteenth century with a specific focus on 17th- and 18th-century prose fiction that engages with extranational imagination. Her research interest lies in how genres such as Gothic literature, Oriental tales, captivity narratives, and domestic fiction collapse to shape a transnational history of “the” English novel. She is also interested in women writers and how discourses about race, gender, and nationality tap into the history of domesticity. Her recent publications include articles on Daniel Defoe and Thomas Southerne, as well as women writers including Eliza Haywood, Susanna Centlivre, and Penelope Aubin. Her current project examines the relationship between gothic households, decentered subjects, and the ethics of hospitality.